1 M anasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hephzibah.

كانَ مَنَسَّى فِي الثّانِيَةَ عَشْرَةَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ عِندَما اعتَلَى عَرِشَ يَهُوذا. وَحَكَمَ خَمْسَةً وَخَمْسِينَ سَنَةً فِي القُدْسِ. وَكانَ اسْمُ أُمِّهِ حَفْصِيبَةَ.

2 A nd he did evil in the sight of the Lord, according to the abominations of the nations whom the Lord had cast out before the children of Israel.

وَفَعَلَ مَنَسَّى الشَّرَّ أمامَ اللهِ. وَتَبَنَّى المُمارَساتِ البَشِعَةَ لِلشُّعُوبِ الَّتِي طَرَدَها اللهُ مِنَ الأرْضِ الَّتِي أخَذَها بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ.

3 F or he rebuilt the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; he raised up altars for Baal, and made a wooden image, as Ahab king of Israel had done; and he worshiped all the host of heaven and served them.

وَأعادَ مَنَسَّى بِناءَ المُرتَفَعاتِ الَّتِي كانَ قَدْ هَدَمَها أبُوهُ حَزَقِيّا. وَأعادَ بِناءَ مَذابِحَ لِلبَعلِ وَأقامَ عَمُودَ عَشْتَرُوتَ، كَما فَعَلَ أخآبُ مَلِكُ إسْرائِيلَ. وَعَبَدَ مَنَسَّى نُجُومَ السَّماءِ وَخَدَمَها.

4 H e also built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, “In Jerusalem I will put My name.”

وَبَنَى مَذابِحَ لِلآلِهَةِ الزّائِفَةِ فِي بَيتِ اللهِ الَّذِي قالَ عَنهُ اللهُ: «سَأضَعُ اسْمِي إلَى الأبَدِ فِي القُدسِ.»

5 A nd he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the Lord.

وَبَنَى مَنَسَّى مَذابِحَ لِنُجُومِ السَّماءِ فِي ساحَتَي بَيتِ اللهِ.

6 A lso he made his son pass through the fire, practiced soothsaying, used witchcraft, and consulted spiritists and mediums. He did much evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke Him to anger.

وَأحرَقَ أيْضاً أبناءَهُ كَقَرابِينَ. وَاسْتَعانَ بِالسِّحْرِ وَالعِرافَةِ لِمُحاوَلَةِ مَعرِفَةِ المُستَقبَلِ. وَاسْتَخدَمَ وُسَطاءَ رُوحانِيِّينَ وَمُشَعوِذِينَ. وَأكثَرَ مَنَسَّى مِنْ عَمَلِ الشَّرِّ أمامَ اللهِ. فَغَضِبَ اللهُ غَضَباً شَدِيداً.

7 H e even set a carved image of Asherah that he had made, in the house of which the Lord had said to David and to Solomon his son, “In this house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put My name forever;

وَصَنَعَ مَنَسَّى تِمثالاً مَنحُوتاً لِعَشْتَرُوتَ، وَوَضَعَهُ فِي الهَيكَلِ. وَهُوَ الهَيكَلُ الَّذِي كانَ اللهُ قَدْ قالَ لِداوُدَ وَابْنِهِ سُلَيْمانَ عَنْهُ: «اختَرْتُ القُدْسَ مِنْ كُلِّ مُدُنِ إسْرائِيلَ. سَأضَعُ اسْمِي فِي الهَيكَلِ فِي القُدْسِ إلَى الأبَدِ.

8 a nd I will not make the feet of Israel wander anymore from the land which I gave their fathers—only if they are careful to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the law that My servant Moses commanded them.”

وَلَنْ أدَعَهُمْ يُطرَدُونَ مِنَ الأرْضِ الَّتِي أعطَيتُها لآبائِهِمْ. بَلْ سَأدَعُهُمْ يَبقُونَ فِي أرْضِهِمْ، إذا أطاعُوا كُلَّ وَصايايَ وَكُلَّ التَّعالِيمِ الَّتِي أعطاها لَهُمْ عَبدِي مُوسَى.»

9 B ut they paid no attention, and Manasseh seduced them to do more evil than the nations whom the Lord had destroyed before the children of Israel.

لَكِنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَسمَعُوا، بَلْ جَرَّهُمْ مَنَسَّى إلَى عَمَلِ شُرُورٍ أقبَحَ مِنْ كُلِّ الشُّرُورِ الَّتِي مارَسَتْها الشُّعُوبُ الَّتِي طَرَدَها اللهُ مِنْ كَنْعانَ قَبلَ دُخُولِ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ إلَيها.

10 A nd the Lord spoke by His servants the prophets, saying,

وَقالَ اللهُ عَلَى لِسانِ خُدّامِهِ الأنبِياءِ:

11 “ Because Manasseh king of Judah has done these abominations (he has acted more wickedly than all the Amorites who were before him, and has also made Judah sin with his idols),

«عَمِلَ مَنَسَّى كُلَّ هَذِهِ الأشياءِ البَغِيضَةِ. وَزادَتْ شُرُورُهُ عَلَى شُرُورِ الأمُّورِيِّينَ مِنْ قَبلِهِ، وَجَرَّ يَهُوذا إلَى الخَطِيَّةِ بِسَبَبِ أوْثانِهِ.

12 t herefore thus says the Lord God of Israel: ‘Behold, I am bringing such calamity upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whoever hears of it, both his ears will tingle.

لِهَذا يَقُولُ اللهُ ، إلَهُ إسْرائِيلَ: ‹ها إنِّي جالِبٌ ضِيقاً كَثِيراً عَلَى القُدْسِ وَعَلَى يَهُوذا سَيُصْدَمُ كُلُّ مَنْ يَسْمَعُ بِهِ.

13 A nd I will stretch over Jerusalem the measuring line of Samaria and the plummet of the house of Ahab; I will wipe Jerusalem as one wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down.

وَما عَمِلْتُهُ بِالسّامِرَةِ وَبَيتِ أخآبَ سَأعْمَلُهُ بِالقُدْسِ. وَكَما يُمْسَحُ صَحْنٌ وَيُقلَبُ إلَى الأسْفَلِ، كَذَلِكَ سَأفعَلُ بِالقُدْسِ.

14 S o I will forsake the remnant of My inheritance and deliver them into the hand of their enemies; and they shall become victims of plunder to all their enemies,

وَسَأتْرُكُ ما يَتَبَقَّى مِنْ شَعبِي. وَسَأنْصُرُ أعداءَهُمْ عَلَيهِم، فَيَسْبِيهِمْ أعداؤهُمْ كَأنَّهُمْ غَنائِمُ حَرْبٍ،

15 b ecause they have done evil in My sight, and have provoked Me to anger since the day their fathers came out of Egypt, even to this day.’”

لِأنَّهُمْ عَمِلُوا ما لا يُرْضِينِي. أغضَبُونِي مُنْذُ يَوْمِ خُرُوجِ آبائِهِمْ مِنْ مِصْرَ وَحَتَّى اليَوْمِ.

16 M oreover Manasseh shed very much innocent blood, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another, besides his sin by which he made Judah sin, in doing evil in the sight of the Lord.

وَقَتَلَ مَنَسَّى أبْرِياءَ كَثِيرِينَ، وَأغرَقَ القُدْسَ بِدَمِهِمْ. تُضافُ هَذِهِ الخَطايا كُلُّها إلَى الخَطِيَّةِ الَّتِي جَرَّ بِها يَهُوذا لِلخَطِيَّةِ، حَتَّى فَعَلُوا الشَّرَّ أمامَ اللهِ.›»

17 N ow the rest of the acts of Manasseh—all that he did, and the sin that he committed— are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

أمّا بَقِيَّةُ أعْمالِ مَنَسَّى وَخَطاياهُ الَّتِي ارتَكَبَها، فَهِيَ مُدَوَّنَةٌ فِي كِتابِ تارِيخِ مُلُوكِ يَهُوذا.

18 S o Manasseh rested with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza. Then his son Amon reigned in his place. Amon’s Reign and Death

وَماتَ مَنَسَّى وَدُفِنَ مَعَ آبائِهِ. دُفِنَ فِي بُسْتانِ بَيتِهِ الَّذِي دُعِيَ «بُسْتانَ عُزّا.» وَخَلَفَهُ فِي الحُكْمِ ابْنُهُ آمُونُ. آمُونُ مَلِكُ يَهُوذا

19 A mon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Meshullemeth the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.

كانَ آمُونُ فِي الثّانِيَةِ وَالعِشْرِينَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ عِندَما اعتَلَى العَرْشَ. وَحَكَمَ سَنَتَينِ فِي القُدْسِ. وَكانَ اسْمُ أُمِّهِ مَشُلَّمَةَ بِنْتَ حارُوصَ، مِنْ يَطْبَةَ.

20 A nd he did evil in the sight of the Lord, as his father Manasseh had done.

وَفَعَلَ آمُونُ الشَّرَّ أمامَ اللهِ كَأبِيهِ مَنَسَّى.

21 S o he walked in all the ways that his father had walked; and he served the idols that his father had served, and worshiped them.

وَعاشَ آمُونُ عَلَى نَهْجِ أبِيهِ. فَعَبَدَ وَخَدَمَ الأوثان الَّتِي عَبَدَها وَخَدَمَها أبُوهُ.

22 H e forsook the Lord God of his fathers, and did not walk in the way of the Lord.

وَهَكَذا تَجاهَلَ اللهَ ، إلَهَ آبائِهِ، وَلَمْ يَعِشْ كَما يُرْضِي اللهَ.

23 T hen the servants of Amon conspired against him, and killed the king in his own house.

وَتَآمَرَ خُدّامُ آمُونَ عَلَيهِ وَقَتَلُوهُ فِي بَيتِهِ.

24 B ut the people of the land executed all those who had conspired against King Amon. Then the people of the land made his son Josiah king in his place.

فَقامَ شَعبُ البَلَدِ وَقَتَلُوا كُلَّ الَّذِينَ تَآمَرُوا عَلَى آمُونَ وَقَتَلُوهُمْ. ثُمَّ نَصَّبُوا ابْنَهُ يُوشِيّا مَلِكاً بَعْدَهُ.

25 N ow the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

أمّا بَقِيَّةُ أعْمالِ آمُونَ، فَهِيَ مُدَوَّنَةٌ فِي كِتابِ تارِيخِ مُلُوكِ يَهُوذا.

26 A nd he was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzza. Then Josiah his son reigned in his place.

وَدُفِنَ آمُونُ فِي قَبْرِهِ فِي بُسْتانِ عُزّا. وَخَلَفَهُ فِي الحُكْمِ ابْنُهُ يُوشِيّا.